Title :
The adoption of automatic field operations
Author_Institution :
Regina Univ., Sask., Canada
Abstract :
It is noted that grain farmers on the prairies could be more efficient with an adoption of certain techniques and technologies which could reduce their inputs by as much as one half. This change to new technologies will take time and will proceed in a progressive step-by-step fashion. Computers and tractor positioning technology are the key elements to this change. The author speculates on the sequence of these changes that will introduce automatic field operations and their subsequent impact
Keywords :
agriculture; position control; transport computer control; auto-steering; automatic field operations; computers; grain farmers; positioning technology; precision planting; row following; Agricultural machinery; Chemicals; Costs; Crops; Degradation; Fertilizers; Horses; Navigation; Soil; Storms;
Conference_Titel :
WESCANEX '91 'IEEE Western Canada Conference on Computer, Power and Communications Systems in a Rural Environment'
Conference_Location :
Regina, Sask.
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-594-6
DOI :
10.1109/WESCAN.1991.160524
